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Regulated oxidation and moisture permeation via sulfinic acid based additive enables highly efficient and stable tin-based perovskite solar cells

Research Authors
Muhammad Abdel-Shakour, Kiyoto Matsuishi , Towhid H. Chowdhury , Ashraful Islam
Research Abstract

The exceptional photovoltaic properties of Sn-based perovskite solar cells (Sn–PSCs) have caught the interest of researchers as a potential candidate for the development of non-toxic PSCs. Nevertheless, the Sn–PSCs still face some critical drawbacks, such as the easier oxidation of Sn2+ to Sn4+ and the moisture permeation, which reduce their stability and power conversion efficiency (PCE). In this work, to tackle these limitations, we added a Lewis base additive formamidinesulfinic acid (FASO2H) to the perovskite precursor solution. The FASO2H Lewis base additive could successfully reduce the oxidation of Sn2+/Sn4+ by 32%, improved the crystallinity and decreased the lattice strain by 66% in the respective films. As a result, the charge carrier recombination minimized and the FASnI3-FASO2H (3 mol%) based PSCs produced a PCE of 7.44%. The FASO2H additive also offers superior moisture protection for Sn–PSCs thanks to its hydrophobic sulfinic acid group. Notably, the Sn–PSCs exhibit a high light soaking stability by maintaining 90% of the initial PCE up to 450 h when tested under maximum power point tracking conditions.

Research Date
Research Department
Research Journal
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
Research Publisher
Elsevier
Research Rank
Q1
Research Vol
Volume 254
Research Website
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927024823000624
Research Year
2023
Research Pages
112241